Impeovement in measukfflg-fauoets



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Letters Patent No; 60,104, dated .Zll'ovember 2 7, 1866. l

SPEGIFICATION.

TO ALL WHQM IT MAY QONCERN:

Be it known that I, SLBA SQUIRE WILES, of San Jos, of Santa Claracounty, and State of California, have invented a new and improved Faucetand Gaugefor Drawing and Measuring Liquids and Fluids; and I do herebydeclare the following description and accompanying drawings aresuliifcient to enable any person skilled ing-the art or science to whichit most `nearly appertains, to make and use my said invention, withoutfurther invention or experiment. i

The nature of my invention consists in providing ac faucet for liquidsor fluids, sq constructed that it will allow them to` be drawn rapidly,and at the same time will serve as a gauge to measure the quantity takenout,V To eifect this I make a-cylinder or barrel, in which movesa pistonconnecting alternately with the containing vessel and the discharge'pipe by means of a valve, so thatv the barrel may be filled by raisingthe piston and emptied by forcing it down. The quantity taken at eachstroke is indicated by a gauge on the side of the barrel. In theaccompanying drawingsi Figure 1 represents a side sectional elevation ofmy invention, showing the interior of it.

Figure 2, a perspective view showing itsattachment to a cask. f `Similarletters indicate like parts in each of the gures.

A is a cylinder or barrel, constructed of glass or metal, as may befound necessary or convenient. Within this barrel is a piston, B, ofordinary form, and moved by the square rod, c. a is the cover of thecylinder and keeps the piston from turning, so that its attached index,6 will move in a li'ne over the' scale, o. A connecting pipe or tube, C,is attached to the lower end of AJche pumpfbarrel and opens into thevessel holdingthe liquids to be measured. This tube has a diaphragm, h,in it, placed transversely, so as to separate'the part connecting 'withthe cask from the discharge tube. A valve, al, is placed between theparts A'and C ofthefaucet, and has, an opening, e. This valve isoperated by the lever m, atta'ched to it by the piti, z'. Disthedischarge passage, vand may be closed by the valve,- n. I To operatethis mechanism, after being attached to a receptaclev of liquid, thevalve d is so placed that` the opening, e,- connects the tube 0,with thebarrel- A. The piston is then drawn up, thus creating a vacuum which'will b'e filled with theliquidrand the scale o being graduated to anyrequired measure, lthe index 6 will show the amount in the'barrel. Bymoving the lever, m, the opening eis now brought .over the dischargepassage D, and the connection with C is thus cut oi. The piston beingnow forced down,

`the liquid contained in A beloyv the piston is dischargechthe valve nbeing opened for the purpose. ,This

` -invention has the advantage of being'a measure or gauge as well as afaucet, while bythe use of the piston to vll the barrel, the liquid canbe rapidly drawn, without waiting it` to ow by the action ofgravitation, as with Sirup. l `'Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent,'is`

1. The faucet composed of the barrel A, and the feed and dischargepassages C and D, with the valve d, operated substantially as described.

2. I also claim, in combination with the devices above claimed, thescale o, index b, and -piston B, with its rod c, all arranged to operatesubstantially as and for the purpose set` forth. c

Y I SEBA SQUIRE WILES.l [1.. 5.]

Witnesses:

C. W, M. SMITH,

GEO. H. STRONG.

